Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World

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In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., with not just clever marketing, but … [more below]

  • Author: Chapman, Peter
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Page Count: 240
  • Publish Date: July 12 2022
  • ISBN10: 1838857877
  • Language: English

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In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., with not just clever marketing, but covert CIA operations, bloody coups and brutalised workforces. And how along the way they turned the banana into a blueprint for a new model of unfettered global capitalism: one that serves corporate power at any cost.

Author: Peter Chapman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.04w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781838857875
Language: English

Author

Chapman, Peter

Binding

ISBN10

1838857877

ISBN13

9.78184E+12

Page Count

240

Published Date

July 12 2022

Language

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